hid flicker

Hey guys,

Just installed an HID kit on my 2006 Dodge Ram SRT10. Ran the seperate relays with dedicated power lines to each ballast and have the harness hooked up to the relay. Everything is working great but every once and a while I get one light that shuts off and then on quickly. It is entirely random, happens when the car is standing still or driving. Almost looks like I went to flash a person. Anyways, does anyone know how I can get rid of this? Thanks in advance for the help.

Where did you ground the ballast's ? Any chance of this being "loose"

Are ALL of your connections solid? What are you using to turn the lights on? (what source)

I was originally thinking grounds, but I have some really clean and good grounds. I would also suspect they would induce a more vibration based flicker, whereas the one I have now is totally random. I have run a clean relay setup with the relay beinging open and closed by the headlight harness. Any ideas? Do you think it is a lack of resistance going to the headlight harness?

Dodge's are all about resistance in the the various wires.. I know that all too well w/ the MUX wire when installing remote starters in Dodge/Chrysler products.

I would meter the powering line (the line that powers the 85 or 86 of the relay) to see if there is a measurable random drop in that wire.  If the random nature of the loss of light is too far in between, this may be a PITA.  Try listening for the click of your new relay to the headlamp ballasts -- if you do in fact hear this click, you know that it's either your ground or + positive trigger (i.e. headlight lamp switch) right?

Just some thoughts.  I wonder if the ballasts are particularly sensitive to drops in the voltage -- not necessarily a complete cut-out of power, but a drop in voltage to the point that the entire ballast would drop power completely to the whole system if it did not detect enough power.  If this is the case, perhaps the problem is not your connections or resistance in a dodge headlight power wire, but in fact a problem with some other system drawing some juice from the entire automobile power system and then the ballast loses power.  You may then, want to investigate with the manufacturer of the ballast what the tolerances are to maintaining a functional ballast -- how much voltage tolerance can it take before it shuts down?

hello i have the same problem with my 01 ford expedition it seems to flicker alot specially when im getting out of my vehicle since i have a alarm installed when i turn off my car my light stay on for a few seconds i have had installed relays but they dont seem to have been working well.does anyone have any ideas on how to clear the flickering! i sure would appreciate it